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so now that the sequester happened. Will i be kicked off wic instantly? or will it be a gradual thing??

Posted by Anonymous

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How exactly is this going to work?

I know, at our WIC office there was a sign up last month wanting you to sign because if they let it happen 600,000 will lose their WIC,

So when will we know when and if we are getting kicked off?

I probably should have been paying attention to the news because i never would have dreamed the government would allow this to happen.

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this was the exact same thing that was up at our wic office. this is from the national wic association

I never asked for you people to bash me for gettign WIC.

I AM IN TEH MILITARY. I work. I don't sit on my ass all day. I work hard, not everyone on WIC is a low life piece of trash.

I am sorry for even asking the question, but i thought since this is one of the most popular CM groups, someone would know the answer.

Be a voice for the work that you do and the families that you serve in order to help protect WIC from devastating budget cuts that will go into effect in March 2013 if Congress fails to agree to an alternative strategy to reduce the national debt. These budget cuts are known as sequestration. If Congress is able to reach an alternative deal to reduce the federal debt by March 2013, then sequestration will not occur. If they are unable to reach a deal in time, sequestration will occur and WIC will receive an 5.1% cut, or the equivalent of removing 600,000 mothers and young children from the program, nationally.

The President and Congressional leaders have signaled that they intend to find informed spending cuts and revenue to avoid sequestration. But, it is up to us to motivate them to follow through with their intentions and protect WIC. As passionate service providers, you all are important voices for WIC, speaking to the nutrition and breastfeeding successes of the program and representing the millions of families served by the program. Congress needs to hear from you why WIC is so important to the communities that they represent and the real human consequences of cutting funding from the program.

What you can do:

Communicate the following message to your Senators and Representative in Congress:

I never said it will end it. i said they have to cut women and children.

Our WIC office had a sign up just last month. hang on i'll see if i can find something online.

by Anonymous 2
on Mar. 1, 2013 at 7:36 PM

Well, here is a link I found on the WIC cuts. What state do you live in? I think your best bet is to call the local office, but you're probably going to have to wait it out and see what happens. Best of luck.

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